TripAdvisor Reviews Radisson Hotel Chicago O'Hare Des Plaines

Travel Blogs from Des Plaines

... We were so thrilled to be here and couldn't wait for our hosts to come home from work! That night they had invited Kathy's son (Erin's brother!), wife and children round to meet us and of course Uncle Johnny! For dinner we had to experience Chicago Pizza and it didn't disappoint, it is by far the best pizza I have ever eaten! In fact our entire time in Chicago was mostly about food and we loved it, we ate so much amazing stuff including Posh Cheese & Toffee Popcorn ...

... goodness!!! Dennis is right, the upholstered sewer certainly dishes up an excellent sandwich!!!!!! I mean Dennis was right, the place is certainly not appealing from the street, but its been around for 20+ years and serves great hot sandwiches. It's been a popular place for a long time and that is evident by the amount of signed photos by sports/tv/movie/ stars thanking and wishing Mr Beefs all the best! With a sandwich done n dusted by all of us except Georgia it's time ...

... front desk is sensible, and he asks if we would like to use the hotel’s industrial machine, so that is what I did. Saved a lot of time, but it may have been a bit hot – things are now smaller than usual, and also a bit more yellow. Oops. Well, that is what you get if you leave the washing to me!

Up early the next morning, with no accommodation, we are going to try to make the most of this one day we have in Chicago. We find parking ...

... which I was going to do). Once I got inside and was seen it was a case of trying to get round the hoarding masses. There was kids absolutely everywhere (and screaming kids at that). The Shedd Aquarium is nothing special though they did have a stingray touch exhibition but the queue for that was just too long so I didn't bother. After a while I decided to head over to the Adler Planetarium.

... sliced rib eye steak with sautéed onions, cheese, beans & Lizano sauce. YUM YUM! Finally, the Avena shake is indeed made with oatmeal and milk but has a nice cinnamon/spice flavor (the oatmeal is finely blended in and is noticable, but maybe only because we knew it was in there). YUM YUM YUM. Ruth (with Guy Fieri's help) made a superb choice for lunch. So far, one of the best on the trip, in my opinion.

We then gassed the car up (Chicago gas is NOT cheap!) and headed north ...